[nabs-l] neonatal nurse

[Lillie Pennington]

Oops. Its organization, not association.

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> On Nov 1, 2013, at 12:04 AM, Lillie Pennington <lilliepennington at fuse.net> wrote:
> 
> You should also check out nond, national association of nurses of disabilities. Their website is at www.nnond.org. I hope this helps.
> 
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>> On Oct 31, 2013, at 9:36 PM, Arielle Silverman <arielle71 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Keira,
>> 
>> Welcome to the list!
>> I would recommend starting one step at a time, by taking some basic
>> nursing classes. You should not face much, if any, discouragement at
>> this early stage, and the basic classes will help you learn more about
>> the nursing field. If you do decide to continue and get your nursing
>> degree, and run into naysayers later, you will have more detailed
>> knowledge to share with them about how you will do the job as a blind
>> person.
>> 
>> I'd imagine that being a PCA is completely accessible, and that being
>> a nurse is mostly accessible. There may be a few things with regard to
>> measuring medications that are not accessible without some tweaking,
>> but you could do it in collaboration with a sighted nurse or medical
>> assistant.
>> 
>> I know of blind people who have drawn blood and performed very basic
>> surgical procedures as medical students. There is a book called White
>> Coat, White Cane, written by a blind guy named David Hartman who
>> obtained his M.D. and performed such procedures during his training.
>> Tim Cordes is another blind psychiatrist who went through an M.D.
>> program. Nursing and doctoring are different things, but it seems that
>> if these folks were able to do blood draws nonvisually, you should be
>> able to handle giving injections and other nursing duties.
>> 
>> Best,
>> Arielle
>> 
>>> On 10/30/13, Joshua Lester <JLester8462 at pccua.edu> wrote:
>>> Keira, I must ask this question.
>>> Do you have any sight at all?
>>> If so, you may be able to do some things.
>>> PCA's may require little to no sight.
>>> Blessings, Joshua
>>> ________________________________________
>>> From: nabs-l [nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] on behalf of Keira Davis
>>> [keke.davis91 at gmail.com]
>>> Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2013 12:57 AM
>>> To: sandragayer7 at gmail.com; National Association of Blind Students mailing
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